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Katie Lee
Katie Lee is the grand dame of Western singers and environmentalists. She was an author, musicologist, folk singer, storyteller, actress, songwriter, filmmaker, photographer, activist, poet, and river runner. Katie was one of a handful of individuals who knew the 170 miles of Glen Canyon prior to its inundation. Before the flooding of Glen Canyon, Katie made sixteen trips down the river, even naming some of the side canyons buried today. Glen Canyon and the river that ran through it has forever changed the life of this great legend. It is not surprising that she never got over the horror and disbelief caused by the destruction of this exquisite Eden drowned under 500 feet of Colorado River water.
Katie Lee’s book “All My Rivers Are Gone” recounts her years as a river-runner, guide, and explorer in Glen and Grand Canyons. Katie lovingly recreates this singularly beautiful landscape as she tells us what there was to love about Glen Canyon and why we should miss it. Her descriptions of a magnificent desert oasis and its rich archaeological ruins are a paean to a paradise lost. Katie Lee was an advisory board member for Glen Canyon Institute and remained very active on this issue throughout the entirety of her life.